BORN HUNMANBY, YORKSHIRE, 1889. SON OF HENRY & EMILY WWODCOCK, OF ‘SUNBURY’ HUNMANBY, EAST YORKSHIRE. HE SERVED WITH THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRES IN 1915, WHERE HE WAS SHELLED IN THE OPEN FOR FIVE DAYS AND NIGHTS. HE WAS GASSED AND A BULLET PASSED THROUGH HIS CAP. HE SAID THE GERMAN ARTILLERY WAS VERY GOOD AND COULD HIT ANYTHING. THEY HAD ALSO LOSSED A LOT OF NCO’S TO GERMAN SNIPERS.
HE TRANSFERRED TO THE 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED FROM GAS WOUNDS, ON 02/02/1921, AGED 32. DURING THE WAR, CORPORAL WOODCOCK, SERVED WITH THE 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (HULL COMMERCIALS) AND LIVED AT 46 WELLSTED STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL HE RETIRED TO HUNMANBY FOR THE BETTER AIR.
HE WROTE A LETTER HOME, WHICH WAS PRINTED IN THE HULL TIMES, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH, ON 22ND MAY 1915. HE IS BURIED AT HUNMANBY (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD. HIS THREE BROTHERS ALSO SERVED , TWO IN THE 4TH EYR, THE OTHER IN THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS.
